FAQs
FAQs
Here you can find quick answers to all of your questions. Linked, you’ll find the articles or the sections of the articles that can give you more detailed information.
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Plaza de Toros, also known as Plaça de Bous, is Valencia’s bullring.
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Yes, Valencia’s Plaza de Toros is still active to this day. This means that bullfights are regularly hosted and celebrated in the bullring.
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Plaza de Toros is at the northern edge of the Ruzafa neighbourhood, near the southern section of the Ciutat Vella district.
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Bullfights (corridas) generally take place around specific times of the year. These periods of activity are the Fallas festival (1st-19th March), the Virgen de los Desamparados festivities (second Sunday in May), the Feria de Julio (in July), and the Feria de Octubre (on 9th October).
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Yes, when you enter the Plaza de Toros you can visit both the arena where the bullfights are held, and the Museo Taurino. In the museum, you can find out more about the bullfighting traditions in Spain and about this arena in particular.
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Plaza de Toros is an amphitheatre reminiscent of the Roman Coliseum and as such, it can be easily classified as Neoclassical.
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The current Plaza de Toros was built between 1850 and 1857, although a wooden bullring had been built on the site in 1788.
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If you are in Ciutat Vella, the best way to reach Valencia’s Plaza de Toros is probably to go on foot, or if you prefer, on a bike.
If you are further away and need to use public transport, you can easily reach the square by metro, tram, or bus.
If you’d like to know more about transport, you can check out the relevant section of this article.
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Plaza de Toros is open Tuesday to Sunday. The opening times go from 10:00 am to 7:00 pm, with an early closure (2:00 pm) on Sundays and holidays.
The bullring is also open whenever there’s a corrida.
For more detailed information, you can check the relevant section of this article.
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It depends on whether you just want to visit the arena and museum, or if you go to see a bullfight.
Normally, a regular entrance ticket to the arena and museum costs €2.00.
The price for a seat at the corrida costs between €15.00 and €40.00. For more information on discounts and free entrances, you can check them out in the relevant section of this article.
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Of course you can. Valencia is an extremely bike friendly city, and on the official map, you’ll see that there are bike paths circling the city’s old quarters. You can also cycle in the city centre and its pedestrian zones, as long as there is enough room for people to walk.
If you’d like to know more about traffic rules and norms in Valencia, you can check out our article about cycling in Valencia.
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The Plaza de Toros is near the main train station, so there are a lot of buses that stop nearby. Buses C1, 6, 7, 8, 11, 19, 28, 35, 40, 70, 71, and 73 all stop in front of the Plaza de Toros.
If you’d like to know more about Valencia’s bus system, you can check out our article about it.
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The metro is one of the best public transport methods to reach the bullring. Lines 3, 5, and 9 all stop at the closest metro station, Xàtiva.
If you’d like to know more about Valencia’s metro system, you can read our article about it.
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The tram is also a good way to get to Plaza de Toros. Line 10’s stop Alacant is to the side of the bullring.
If you’d like to know more about Valencia’s tram network, you can check out our article about it.
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Of course. There are two Valenbisi stations in front of Plaza de Toros, and many others not too far away.
If you’d like to know more about Valenbisi, you can check out our article about it.
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Yes. But be careful not to go into the no-park zone, which roughly covers the Old Town area.
You can see where you’re allowed to park on your app’s map.
You can learn more about electric scooters and how to get one in Valencia in our dedicated article.
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